I get a little too obsessive with work.

I think that many people are ashamed when they feel afraid. There's this thing in our society that you're not allowed to feel scared. You have to be a man and put on a brave face, but we all have fears.

When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"

One of the great elements of the supernatural is having that mystery and letting people's imaginations run wild with it.

I have the infinite galaxy from '2001 as my screensaver - so if I space out while I'm writing and it goes to screensaver, I can just stare off into the stars.

I feel like in the '90s, horror just lost its way and everything became so safe and watered-down.